Concealed ironing board



Patented Jan. 3, 1933 t? STTES PATENT QFFlQE MEDERIC RACINE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ALDEGE THIBAULT, 0F MONTREAL, CANADA.

CON SEALED IRONING BOARD Application filed June 21,

The present invention pertains to a novel ironing board of the concealed type adapted to be stored when not in use, in a small compartment or in a space behind a cabinet.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is of very simple construction and easily operated. The device comprises essentially a board having at one end a pair of trunnions or other means adapted to slide and swing in tracks disposed in the storage space. The lower ends of the tracks have horizontal extensions holding a support on which the board rests when in operative position. When the board is not in use, it is merely swung into a posi tion where it lies fiat against the wall alongside the tracks and between them.

The invention is fully disclosed by way of example in the following description and in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a vertical section of the device in concealed or inoperative position;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the device in operative position;

Figure 3 is a plan section;

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view; and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional perspective view.

Reference to these views will now be made by use of like characters which are employed to designate corresponding p rts throughout.

In Figures 1 and 2 is shown a wall 1 on which the device is to be supported by means of properly positioned slotted brackets 2 secured to the wall by means of connecting bars 2 to which they are hinged. Preferably the ironing board is positioned for concealment behind a cabinet consisting of side walls 3, a back wall 4, shelves 5 and a front wall or door 6. It will be seen that the side walls 3 extend rearwardly beyond the back wall 4, and these side walls are adjustably secured to the brackets 2 by bolts 7, whereby the space 8 between the walls 1 and 4 may be regulated in width.

Side plates 9 are secured to the side walls 3 beneath the cabinet. Tracks 10 of channel or U-shape extend upwardly from the plates along the side walls 3 and behind the cabinet. The tracks are suitably secured to the side 1930. Serial No. 462,811.

walls 3 and preferably have their upper ends held by the bolts 7 as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

One of the sides of each track is bent and extended rearwardly and then carried forwardly along the plate 9 at 11 to form a rear pocket 12. The forward extremity of each portion 11 is further hooked at 13.

The ironing board 1 1 is provided at its rear end with a plate 15 formed with trunnions 16 adapted to ride in the opposed tracks 10 or on the opposed rear pockets 12. In inoperative position, as in Figure 1, the board lies parallel to the tracks, with the trunnions upward. It is suported in this position by means of a hook 17 carried there by and engaging on a cross bar 18 extending between the side plates 9.

The cabinet has a flap 19 hinged to the lower edge thereof to conceal the space be tween the plates 9 when the board is in idle pos tion. To bring the board into operative position, the flap is raised and attached to a clip 20. The board is released from the bar 18, lowered, and swung to a horizontal position so that the trunnions 16 enter the pockets 12, after which abar 21 is laid in the books 13 to support the board in vertical position as shown in Figure 2. hen the board is concealed as in Figure 1, the bar may also rest in the pockets.

On one of the plates 9 is mounted a socket 22 on the inner side. The socket pivotally supports one end of an arm 23 while the other end carries a plate or holder 2st for a fiatiron. It will readily be seen that this device may be swung into a concealed position when not in use.

It will now be apparent that the invention provides a simple ironing board which may readily be concealed or brought into operative position as desired, and occupies only a small space when concealed.

Although a specific embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, it will be understood that various alterations in the details of construction may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as indicated by the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. An ironing board construction comprising a pair of vertical tracks, horizontal extensions at the lower ends thereof, a board 5 having one of its ends adapted to slide in said tracks; and a transverse rest carried by said extensions for supporting said board.

2. A11 ironing board construction .com-

' prising a pair of vertical tracks, horizontal extensionsat the lower ends thereof, a board having trnnnions at one end adapted to slide in said tracks, pockets formed in said tracks at said extensions and adapted to receive said trunnions, and a transverse rest carried by 15 said extensions for supporting said board.

3. In combination with a wall having a cabinet secured thereto in spaced relation, tracks mounted in the space between the wall and cabinet, horizontal extensions at the lower ends of said tracks and beneath said cabinet, a board adapted to be lodged in said space and having one end adapted to slide and swing in said tracks, and a transverse rest carried by said extensions for supporting said board.

4. In combination with a wall having a cabinet secured thereto in spaced relation, Vertical tracks mounted in-the space between the Wall and cabinet, horizontal extensions at the lower ends of said tracks and beneath said cabinet,a board adapted to be lodged in said space and having one end adapted to slide and swing in said tracks, a. transverse rest carried by said extensions for supportingrsaicl board, and a flap hinged to the lower edge of said cabinet for concealing said extensions.

MEDERIC RAOINE. 

